New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-21
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
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PROCLAMATION OF THE LEAGUE

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Copvrioht; 1887: The Nev- York Tribune.
LONDON Aug. 2o.-To the last men douoteo
xhether this Ministry would screw lts couraeo
10 the sticking point and proclaim inc N"uon"'
League. Hesitation prevailed inside the Capineo'
,noreau,itv outside. What q Gladstonian again
calls the final plunge has been taken 1t is not
the final plunge If this metaphor is to be Followed
n may be said the Ministry has only taken OH
ITS clothes Proclamation is not suppression AZ
Is in the nature of a warning. What the MihistrS
have actually lone is to take power to suppress
Tbcv have complied with the formality prescribed
nv the Crimes Act This they were obliged 10 90
nnless they meant to do nothing Inc ACT requires
that the proclamation shall be laid before farna-
mont. if sitting within seven days. If not sltting
n must be summoned within twenty days or the
Droc,amation becomes void. Nobody wanted far-
6ament again summoned when once prorogued.
hence the decision to issue the proclamation now;
tbough the effect must be to prolong the session.
md nobody knows when the Ministers will now
have to sustain a great debate on the general
,esue raised by the proclamation. If they come
,afc,v through that, ret the remaining business
dome and ororogue Parliament +hey Will thcn
have n free hand. They may then suppress the
League, branch by branch, in separate districts'
or in as many specified districts at once as they
like.
The oucstion as it presents itself to the MIN
isterial mind is simply whether they shall allow
the League to 60 on covering Ireland or govern
II themselves 1t Is Law versus League. The law
is drastic enough when once put In motion. VINO
ever attends League meeting, renorts proceedings
or takes any part whatever may be summarily
convicted and punished; and boycOttng. tntimi-
eation and outrage may all be dealt with. The
League, on the other hand, may choose TO suspend
activity for time and give the law no hold, or
70 meet nnder another name and act by different
methods 1t is an interesting duel
Had the Government chosen to reject the Lords
amendments to the Land pin which arc land
lords amendments, events might have taken a
different turn. Mr.. T. w. Russells secession from
the Unionist party is the best comment on those
amendments This Ulster Unionist declines TO
share the responsibility for the mutiation of the
Land bill in the interest OF Irish landlords. Frac-
tically he sides with Mr. Parnell on that question
Mr. Parnell, if even he went as reported TO Avon
dale came back in time to warn the Ministry
against giving in. The tenants, he told them, If
denied relief .sow-S.in look 10 -iethods outside
the Constitution. Thus it is that these two ques-
tions tenants relief and coercion. run together
Whether Mr., Parnell means to carry out his threat
Is not known. 1t was uttered before the procla-
nation was issued. The prospect of direct col
lsion with the law may give all but the bolder
spirits pause.
Much will happen between this and next Thurs
day. when debate on the proclamation comes ON.
Mr. Gladstone must come up from HawardeD. The
Liberal party and the English electorate cannot
be left out of account in any decision the Irish
leaders may take. A mistake now might undo
what recent victories have effected The Liberal
party can hardly identify itself as party win
the National League The game lately has been
O winning one for Mr. Gladstone and signs In
his favor multiply Mr.. Russells secession is one.
Mr.. Chamberlains vote against the Government
Is another Lord Randolph Churchill observes an
ominous silence. Mr. Cbamberlain's speech tonight
1t Birmingham will give q further clew. he
must say whether he means to support or oppose
the present policy The Liberal papers appeal
TO the Irish to be patient under provocauon
believing the Tory Ministry would be glad OF
%1.> tIavr
under the proclamation. If anything could spoil
Liberal prospects it would be the adoption of a
policy Of obstruction. which "The Pail Mall
Gazette" urges in order to force dissolution.
general election on the question whether legisla-
ton and the business Of the Government should
not be carried on would suit the Tories exactly.
But The Pail Mall Gazette" with it's feather
Drained fanaticism is the best friend the Tories
have.
VANITY Fair" alleges, ON what it describes
very good authority that Mooney, who tried to
destroy the steamship Queen. is well known to
the detective bureau of police one Of Tynans
that this attempt if successful would have been
followed by a scheme TO destroy Westminster
Abbey, and that insanity is mere pretext
The Lpski agitation shows signs Of collapsing
Whether Lipsld is innocent guilty the means
employed to save him from the gallows are
simply scandalous. False reports Of a confidential
Interview between Lpsld's solicitor and Mr. JUS
tice Stephen were published by The Pail Mall
Gazette" Mr.. Stead admitted that his own inter-
view with Mr. Hayward confidential, but
justiies this double violation Of good faith on tue